Man Against Nature
First published 1954
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“This is a giant book of true, eye-witness stories by the world’s greatest explorers. pioneers and adventurers. Collected in this volume for the first time anywhere are the classic and gripping accounts of men like Lindbergh, Edmund Hillary, Thor Heyerdahl, Jim Corbett, men who conquered mountains, fought wild animals, killed whales, battled head-hunters, braved Arctic blizzards—forty-seven extraordinary selections that contain all kinds of danger and excitement. From all time and all over the world, here is an unrivaled roster of famous names and famous exploits, packed with tension, suspense, and action. To every reader Man against Nature offers endless hours of magnificent drama and thrilling entertainment.”
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Cooper Square Press · 483 pages
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Pages
- 483
- ISBN
- 978-0-8154-1040-9
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- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Pages
- 483
- ISBN
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- 978-0-8154-1040-9
- Author
- Herzog, Maurice · Aitken, Frank W. · Hilton, Edward · Alsop, Stewart · Lapp, Ralph E. · Amundsen, Roald · Baden, Ira J. · Parnham, Robert H. · Beebe, William · Boccaccio, Giovanni · Broomfield, Sidney Spencer · Byrd, Richard Evelyn · Cameron, Donald R. G. · Chase, Samuel · Corbett, Jim · Cousteau, Jacques Yves · Dumas, Frédéric · Custer, George Armstrong · Dana, Richard Henry · Davies, William M. M. · Ellsberg, Edward · Grant, John · Greeley, Samuel S. · Hawkins, Arthur Ray · Price, Luke Wesley · Hemingway, Ernest, 1899–1961 · Heyerdahl, Thor · Hillary, Edmund · Hough, Emerson · Housel, Louis V. · Jenkins, Starr · Leonard, Jonathan Norton · Lindbergh, Charles A., 1902–1974 · Meade, C. F. · Parkman, Francis · Peary, Robert E. · Younger, Pliny the · Schweitzer, Albert · Scott, Robert Falcon · Shackleton, Ernest Henry · Tazieff, Haroun · Toner, Peter J. · Tschiffely, A. F. · Tursa · Ullman, James Ramsey · Wait, James J. · Wright, Orville · Neider, Charles
- Statement
- Man Against Nature / Maurice Herzog, Frank W. Aitken, Edward Hilton, Stewart Alsop, Ralph E. Lapp, Roald Amundsen, Ira J. Baden, Robert H. Parnham, William Beebe, Giovanni Boccaccio, Sidney Spencer Broomfield, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Donald R. G. Cameron, Samuel Chase, Jim Corbett, Jacques Yves Cousteau, Frédéric Dumas, George Armstrong Custer, Richard Henry Dana, William M. M. Davies, Edward Ellsberg, John Grant, Samuel S. Greeley, Arthur Ray Hawkins, Luke Wesley Price, Ernest Hemingway, Thor Heyerdahl, Edmund Hillary, Emerson Hough, Louis V. Housel, Starr Jenkins, Jonathan Norton Leonard, Charles A. Lindbergh, C. F. Meade, Francis Parkman, Robert E. Peary, Pliny the Younger, Albert Schweitzer, Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Henry Shackleton, Haroun Tazieff, Peter J. Toner, A. F. Tschiffely, Tursa, James Ramsey Ullman, James J. Wait, Orville Wright and Charles Neider.
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- Adventure and adventurers